- All is quiet. The survivors lie around the camp, exhausted from the fight. Edmund feels like he can barely move his limbs as he drinks to quench his thirst.
- The wall of Acre looks the same, except between them and the wall is a wasteland of bodies and armor.
- Rannulf leans over Edmund to clean his face with vinegar. Hubert is lying next to Edmund, equally exhausted.
- Servants work through nightfall to clean up the battlefield, and while Hubert wakes up screaming in the middle of the night, Edmund does not even dream.
- The next day, all sorts of cloth and metal are brought to camp from the city of Acre.
- Ships from Genoa bring more food for the Crusaders, and as King Richard walks through camp with a goblet of wine, Edmund thinks how Otto taught him to make finer goblets that that.
- That night, the Crusaders dine till they are full and the smell of food wafts through camp.
- Father Urbino catches Edmund in thought after his meal and tells him to be happy that he's helped to kill God's enemies. Edmund tries to empty his mind of all the images from battle.